The
specific goal of spiritual research is always evangelism.
Research
has four purposes:
Research
builds vision. From the vision flows
motivation and purpose.
Research
builds unity.
A single church, investing in research, can then use what it discovers
to help other churches in the area build vision and draw unity to
the vision from this. A region builds unity with other regions from
its research and sharing.
Research
enables the vision to be accomplished. Without
research, we don't know the context or need into which the Gospel
must be presented. Christ always brought the gospel in terms of the
other's needs.
Research
enables the setting of realistic goals. Once
you've researched to identify the need (context) and state of the
church, you can set realistic objectives in terms of this information.
Don't, however, be like the Israel spies of Numbers 12 that lost the
vision from the research, never realizing what God had in mind as
their goal.
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